Alzheimer’s research at the UW-Madison is advancing on many fronts. Passion and concern can be seen in the number of individual and foundation donors backing Alzheimer’s research efforts..
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An Upbeat Investment in Young Musicians
Pianist-composer Johannes Wallmann, formerly director of jazz studies at California State University, East Bay, was hired from a field of more than 140 applicants and started this fall as the John and Carolyn Peterson Professor of Jazz.
Ann Coplan- Inspired to Teach
Ann Coplan’s grandparents inspire her. “All four of them have shaped my life in various ways, and I would not be the person I am today without them,” she wrote. Coplan, who received the George Koeppel and Frances Z. Combee scholarships, follows two of her grandparents into teaching.
A Gift that Goes all the Way to Troy
Gifts to the College of Letters & Science allowed Professor William Aylward to involve students in his archaeological expedition of Troy.
UW Student Awarded One of Nation’s First Organic Plant Breeding Fellowships
The story of how Tessa Peters ended up snagging one of the nation’s first graduate fellowships in organic plant breeding begins in an unlikely place: the middle of the ocean. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics, she set out as a geophysicist, mapping the ocean floor aboard a large ship. During her time off, she traveled widely and stumbled upon her new career path.